6 Flight

Reading
Unit 11 and CLILL

7 Ancient Egypt

1 Read the text and find the things in the picture.

8 Sharks
The man in this picture is called
Nebamun. He was an important,
rich man in Ancient Egypt. When

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he died, his body was put in a tomb.
Braille
There are lots of paintings on the
walls of the tomb. This is one of them.
Papyrus is a plant that grows next to
rivers. Ancient Egyptians used papyrus
Term 1 Monsters
to make paper. Sometimes they used
it to make shoes and boats. Nebamun
is standing on a boat in the picture. It
Term 2 At the beach
is made of papyrus. They sometimes
used wood to make boats too.
Ancient Egyptian writing is called
hieroglyphics. It doesn’t have any
Term 3 All about my friend
letters or words ­­ it uses pictures and
symbols.
Nebamun is wearing a special kind of skirt made of linen. Linen is similar to cotton, and it
is made from a plant. He isn’t wearing shoes. Ancient Egyptians didn’t wear shoes very
often. Nebamun’s wife is standing near Nebamun. She is wearing beautiful clothes, and lot
of jewellery. Nebamun’s daughter is sitting on the ground. She is wearing jewellery too.
Nebamun is holding a special stick. He used this for hunting birds. There are lots of birds
and fish in the picture. Hunting and fishing were popular sports in Ancient Egypt. Ancient
Egyptians often took cats with them when they went hunting. There is a cat in the picture
too.

2 Find these words in the text and write.

pearl necklace earrings charm bracelet

1 Necklaces, earrings and bracelets are pieces of j _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

2 Ancient Egyptians put dead bodies in t _ _ _ s.

3 H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ uses pictures and symbols.

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 6 Flight
Reading
Unit 11 and CLILIL

7 Ancient Egypt

3 Match.

2 linen8
1 cotton Sharks a les
b bombaž
3 wood c lan

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4 Match the pictures (products) to the words (materials).

Term 1 Monsters
wood

Term 2 At the beach

cotton

Term 3 All about my friend

5 Read the sentences below.

This spoon is made of wood

These clothes are made of cotton.

Can you think of more things made of wood, cotton or linen? Write.

_________________________________ is made of wood.

_________________________________ is made of cotton.
_________________________________ is made of linen.
_________________________________ are made of wood.
_________________________________ are made of cotton.
_________________________________ are made of linen.

6 What are you wearing? Is it made of cotton or linen? Check the label.

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